Overview: After identifying a few careers they are interested in pursuing, students take the initiative to contact someone from their industry of interest who is willing to advise them. The student’s goal is to work hands-on with that field advisor for at least eight hours in a job shadow or mentored capacity.
Completion of this unit is worth a total of 2.5 credits
Field Experience: Student Instructions and Forms
- Sign a Release: Have your parent/guardian sign this Release of Liability. Submit the form to your Advisory teacher who will file it.
- Interview a Potential Advisor: Follow these instructions to set up a Field Advisor Interview.
- Get Advisor's Decision: After meeting with a potential advisor have him/her sign the Field Advisor Decision Form. Submit the form to your Advisory teacher who will file it.
- Log Field Experience: Once approved, start fieldwork and log your time with this Field Experience Timesheet. Note: Field experience should be conducted outside of regular school hours. All eight hours must be completed with one field advisor. The hours can be spread across several days, but not spent with different advisors. After showing the signed form to your Advisory teacher put it in your Capstone Binder.
- Take Photos and Ask Questions: During field work take photos or video of you participating in the field and ask helpful questions like these Fieldwork Sample Questions.
- Get Evaluated: At the end of field experience have the advisor fill out this Field Advisor Evaluation of Student. After showing the signed form to your Advisory teacher put it in your Capstone Binder.
- Thank the Advisor: Send a personal thank you letter or card to your Field Advisor.
Field Experience Reflection
After the fieldwork is completed students will organize their photos or video and then write a reflection paper about their experience.
Instructions
Instructions
- Write a Reflection: Follow these instructions to write the Field Experience Reflection.
- Include Photos: Add photos as an addendum to the reflection paper by laying them out in a word processor or desktop publishing program. Write a caption to explain each photo.
- Optionally Include Videos: If you have video clips of your fieldwork, post the files on your Google Drive or Dropbox (see Online Storage) and include a web address to them at the end of your reflection paper.
- Submit for Approval: Submit the paper and visuals for evaluation. If approved you can get the Field Experience Reflection requirement signed off on your Capstone checklist.